Product Description:
- Omacor contains highly purified omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- Omacor belongs to a group of so-called reducers of cholesterol and triglycerides.
- Usually used together with other medicines for treatment after a heart attack.
- To treat certain forms of increased triglycerides (fats) in the blood after changes to the diet have not worked.
Product Features:
- Food Supplement (Source for omega 3 fatty acids).
- Helps to maintain a healthy heart.
- Mood Stabilizer.
- Brain development and cognitive functions support.
- Immunity support.
- Hair, skin, and nail health support.
Ingredients:
Nutritional Facts |
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Serving Size: 1 Capsule |
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Servings Per Container: 30 |
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Omega 3 ethyl esters 90 Including: | 1000 mg |
Eicosapentaenoic | 360 mg |
Docosahexaenoic | 220 mg |
Excipients (non-medicinal ingredients):
- Capsule core: Alpha-tocopherol, as an antioxidant
- Capsule shell: Gelatin, glycerol, purified water, medium-chain triglycerides, lecithin (soya)
How to use:
- Always take Omacor exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
- Swallow the capsules with a drink of water.
- You may take the capsules at mealtimes to help reduce gastrointestinal side effects.
- Your doctor will decide how long you should take this medicine.
- Dose after a heart attack
- The usual dose is one capsule a day.
- Dose to treat high blood triglyceride levels (high levels of fat in the blood or hypertriglyceridemia)
- The usual dose is 2 capsules a day, as recommended by a doctor.
- If the medicine is not working well enough at this dose, your doctor may increase this to 4 capsules a day.
Caution & Warnings:
- Do not take Omacor If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to the main ingredient or any of the other ingredients of OMACOR.
- Take special care with Omacor:
- If you are due to have or have had surgery recently.
- If you have had a trauma recently.
- If you have a kidney problem.
- If you have diabetes that is not controlled.
- If you have problems with your liver. Your doctor will monitor any effects Omacor may have on your liver with blood tests.
- If you are allergic to fish.
- If any of the above applies to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this
- medicine.
Using Omacor with other medicines :
- If you are using medicine to stop blood clotting in your arteries, such as warfarin you may need extra blood tests and your usual dose of your blood-thinning medicine may have to be changed.
- Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are using or have recently used other medicines including medicines obtained without a prescription.
Taking Omacor with food or drink :
- You should take the capsules at mealtimes. This is to help lower the chances of side effects that affect the area in and around the stomach (the gastro-intestinal area).
- Use in elderly: Use Omacor with care if you are over 70 years.
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: You should not take this medicine if you are pregnant or breast-feeding unless your doctor decides it is absolutely necessary.
- OMACOR may contain soya-bean oil. If you are allergic to peanuts or soya, do not use this medicinal product.
Product Details:
- Brand: Omacor
- Product Form: Capsules
- Product Type: Capsules
- Quantity: 28 Capsules